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Bare Feet™ November 2012 Newsletter

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Bare Feet™ NewsletterMickelaNovember 8, 2012Bare Feet, Hurricane Sandy, Newsletterm November, Puerto Rico, San Juan Marriott
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PressMickelaNovember 16, 2012Bailey's, Mickela Mallozzi, NYC, Press, PureWow, Stamford, Women
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Fall For Dance Festival 2012

Dance, FestivalsMickelaNovember 5, 2012ABT, American Ballet Theater, ballet, dance, Fall For Dance, Frank Sinatra, Hong Kong Ballet, Juilliard, Maria Pages Compania, Martha Graham, NY City Center, NYC, Twyla Tharp
 

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This #BareFeetDNA journey just keeps getting more and more incredible! We’re filming the next episode of the new season, this time discovering my Georgian roots in The Caucuses 🇬🇪 It turns out my DNA comes from Sakartvelo, the name that the people from this country call their own land. And as I learn a little of the language, am greeted with the traditional Georgian hospitality, and am completely impressed by the breathtaking landscape, I keep being reminded of how fortunate I am to be able to take this #BareFeetDNA journey in the first place: the technology to discover this information let alone traveling to these magical places that make up who I am is a dream come true! And of course, it’s the music and #dance that I share with the Kartveli people that make me feel the most connected ❤️ #BareFeetSeries
Filming the new #BareFeetDNA season has been a whirlwind of an adventure so far – it’s been a vigorous and emotional journey for me! My goal is always to pack in my schedule with as much as I can experience with the little time I have in every destination. And packing light is a necessity! So when I found out about @athleta’s #DoMorePackLess mission, I knew we had to work together! And I’m so excited to announce this new partnership that we’ve been working on for a while - we’ve partnered with @athletanyc for an active travel-inspired GIVEAWAY based on how I’ve been traveling with the #BareFeetSeries! Enter for a chance to win $500 worth of Athleta gear including the amazing Caraa x Athleta Convertible Backpack plus 5 pieces - share what’s your inspiration to #DoMorePackLess! One winner will be chosen on Friday, July 13th – ENTER NOW! HOW TO ENTER! STEP 1: Follow @athletanyc and us at @travelbarefeet here on Instagram. STEP 2: Tag a photo of your active adventures and be sure to include #DoMorePackLess and #BareFeetSeries! All social media platform entries on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook will be considered – go to TravelBareFeet.com for full entry details and to watch our giveaway video! 📷: @evancarters_party #partnership The best part about filming the #BareFeetSeries is definitely meeting the incredibly warm and kind people in every place we go. We’re in the region of Andalucía in Spain filming another episode for the #BareFeetDNA season, and I got to join the Association of Bell Ringers in Utrera. Ringing the bells may not sound like a glamorous job, but the adrenaline rush you get from the booming sound of the bells and the dangerous jumps of the ringers ON TO the bells (yes, you read that correctly) is addictive. I could see why these men love keeping this tradition alive. And that’s the most important part - this is a tradition. These men volunteer their time - some are doctors, lawyers, musicians, teachers - but all of them have a deep love for the tradition of the Bells in Santiago Tower. And they let me join right in - I was able to ring the main bell - with their direction, I was part of this beautiful process! Muchas gracias, Utrera - I felt completely part of the community! 🇪🇸 It’s been an emotional time for a lot of us lately - days full of feeling helpless, saddened by seeing families torn apart, overwhelmed by all of the bad and hurt happening in the world. But I was reminded of something last night. We’re back on the road, filming more episodes of the new #BareFeetDNA season, and this time we’ve found ourselves in Girona, Catalonia in Spain. I was able to not only witness something so incredible but also feel the powerful emotional connection that building the Human Towers does to you. Standing at the base, building pressure against one another against each other’s bodies - we are listening to one another, feeling which way the tower is swaying. It’s hot, it’s uncomfortable, it’s even a bit claustrophobic. But then you feel this sense of calm and then a feeling of unity. We all don’t know what is happening exactly, but we know we are all in there to support each other, help each other reach that goal, get the youngest member of the group to the very top. Our ultimate goal is the same and each of us plays a very little part but gives such a spectacular ending. This is where we all are right now - it reminds me that though each of us may feel small, we can work together, build our communities and all take steps that will guide us to that ultimate goal of good and right and just. We are all part of something bigger, something that we may not see from up close, but from far away makes such a big impact. That community and that intense emotion - this is what we are feeling and let’s let that take us to a better tomorrow. ❤️ Happy #TravelTuesday! Dancing with drones - this is what a behind-the-scenes snapshot into the new #BareFeetDNA season looks like! We head back out to start filming again in a few days, and I’m so excited to continue this journey of discovering my DNA roots through dance & music! Where do think we’re headed next?? #BTS Grateful for my Dad and so grateful to be able to celebrate with him this #FathersDay⁠⁠. He’s always been there for us, whether in the audience cheering us on or on the roof building our home. Thank you, Papá, for the constant love and support. ❤️ He and my mom are both immigrants who left everything and came to America with their parents for a better life - their legacy has been the inspiration for my work everyday. Today has been a stark reminder of the children who have been ripped apart from their own families and might not see their fathers or mothers ever again - and all done by our own government. In honor of Father’s Day and the love of that a father and mother have so strongly for their children, please consider contacting your members of Congress and urge them to pass the #keepfamiliestogether Act ❤️💪 Photo by @crackerfarm We are so excited to officially announce our partnership with @shootmytravel on today’s new episode of the Bare Feet Podcast! I sit with Valerie Lopez, Co-Founder & CEO of Shoot My Travel to talk about her inspiration for starting the company and how travel has had such an impact on her life. “It took me 26 years to find out about this through some pictures that my mom had!” – see how it was basically Valerie’s destiny to create this company! Listen to this full interview on The Bare Feet Podcast wherever you find your favorite pods. And of course, what’s even more amazing are the photos that we got from our own @ShootMyTravel photographer while filming an episode for the new season in Puglia, Italy! This photo captures our time with @cgszine perfectly, and it’s just a mere taste – get inspired by our own photo shoot (see more at TravelBareFeet.com/Podcast or link in profile) and use code BAREFEET for $15 OFF your first @ShootMyTravel booking! Say cheese!! #BareFeetDNA #GirlBoss Real talk, everyone - and this seems to come at a timely moment as we’re still reeling from the news of Chef, Traveler, TV Host, and Writer, Anthony Bourdain. I don’t battle with depression, but in Part 2 of @alegreramosdotcom’s interview with me on her podcast we talk about real life struggles behind being an entrepreneur in the travel industry. I am so lucky to be able to do what I do, but with that comes a lot of sacrifices, a lot of patience, and most of all, perseverance. I talk about why I LOVE to travel alone the most, the challenges in being married while traveling so often, and the hustle that goes behind producing a show on public television. Thanks for listening, and thank you, Alegre, for letting me share my experiences with you ❤️ Listen, subscribe, and don’t miss Part 1 that is also available on iTunes! #girlboss #motivationmonday The world has lost an adventurer who didn’t give a rat’s a$$ about what was the proper way to do things. He was a travel hero of mine, and the world already misses him. Rock on in the afterlife 🤘💔 Shipwrecks and sunsets - um, you’re welcome! A little #BTS from filming the new season of the #BareFeetSeries 🇨🇾 Cyprus is a magical place, an island that lies between the Middle East and Europe - its people and of course its landscape are both diverse and stunning. The fact that my #BareFeetDNA journey has taken me to this destination fills me with so much wonder and elation. And just wait until you see the dancing!!!!! ❤️🇨🇾❤️ Happy #MotivationMonday! Sometimes I need to pinch myself - my job is to travel the world and connect with incredibly warm, open, and giving people who share with me some of their most intimate and passionate moments. I saw @cgszine perform at @dromnyc for the Annual Gypsy Festival in 2011. Back then, Bare Feet was just a blog, and I wrote a piece about the group’s performance - the words I wrote still ring true today, “Mauro Durante, the band’s leader (he grew up playing with the band and replaced his father Daniele upon his retirement), is this style of music personified. Violinist, vocalist, and hand drum prodigy, you can see that the music is literally in his blood.” Whenever I set out to produce new episodes of the #BareFeetSeries, I reach out to these people who I have met over the years - they have grown with me and have been a part of this entire journey, in some special way. And to think that 7 years later, after reaching back out to the band a few years ago and keeping in touch, I was able to make music and dance with Mauro, his wife Silvia, and the rest of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino in the place where this music (and the musicians) were born. A lot of work and sweat and a helluva lot of tears have been put into this new season, and we’re just getting started! ❤️ #BareFeetDNA I’ve never met anyone with the same color eyes as mine. This journey of the #BareFeetSeries through my own DNA has been pretty incredible so far - we’ve been filming in Cyprus for the past 5 days, and aside from connecting with so many people through music and dance, I’ve connected with a place that truly is a mix of elements of my roots. Mary, our guide on this trip, has the same yellow-greenish-brown eyes that I have, and in Cyprus, they even have a name for it - when translated it means “the color of the bee”. A big ευχαριστώ (thank you) to the dancers in Larnaca for letting me jump right in with them, to @shakallis Dance School for teaching me the traditional Cypriot dances (including the men’s dances!!), and to all the people of #Cyprus for showing such incredible hospitality to us! 🇨🇾 Stay tuned for this episode and so much more #BTS about my own personal DNA journey 🌍 Happy #NationalTapDanceDay! And in celebration, we’re excited to announce that we’ve won another @tellyawards for our “Bright Lights of Broadway” episode of the #BareFeetSeries! 🏆Check out some of my tap dancing skills in that episode as I transform into one of the @honeytaps - watch this all the rest of the episodes of Bare Feet on @pbs, @primevideo, and @watchdancetv!
Happy SUPER #MotivationMonday!! Did you catch our Special Announcement on Instagram LIVE last week? If not, here it is...we are officially filming Season 3 of Bare Feet!! And not only are we excited about sharing new episodes of the show, but we’re even more excited about where we’re going - this season will be very special because I decided to get my DNA tested, and all of the destinations for Season 3 will be based on my own DNA map!! Stay tuned as we reveal where my own DNA brings me - I can’t wait to discover my own DNA makeup through music and #dance in this world! Photo by @veloservicepuglia where we filmed with them last week in Bari, #Italy! Season 3 will start airing in early 2019 ❤️🌍 #iampublicmedia Join me LIVE today on Instagram at 3:15pm ET/12:15pm PT for some super exciting news!!! I have a very special announcement to make, and it’s so important, I want to share it with all of you in-person (or as in-person as I can be!). Stay tuned, it’s going to be BIG! A presto 😉 Happy #MotivationMonday! Sometimes I need to pinch myself - I consider myself extremely lucky to be able to see so many beautiful places around the world, and I’m even luckier to be able to meet the most beautiful and kind people in every place. Yes, hard work and hustle are part of it, but you can never deny the power of good fortune. We have a special announcement coming this Wednesday, stay tuned for BIG NEWS - we can’t wait to share with you all!!! ❤️#BareFeetSeries
 

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